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                                  3786

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  legislative  approval
  of  all policy adopted by the board of regents that would have a cumu-
  lative impact of over one million dollars statewide

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  207  of  the education law is amended to read as
follows:
  S 207. Legislative power.  Subject and in conformity to the  constitu-
tion and laws of the state, the regents shall exercise legislative func-
tions  concerning  the  educational  system  of the state, determine its
educational policies, and, except, as to the judicial functions  of  the
commissioner  of education, establish rules for carrying into effect the
laws and policies of the state, relating to  education,  and  the  func-
tions, powers, duties and trusts conferred or charged upon the universi-
ty  and the education department.  But no enactment of the regents shall
modify in any degree the freedom of the governing body of  any  seminary
for  the  training of priests or clergymen to determine and regulate the
entire course of religious, doctrinal or theological instruction  to  be
given  in  such institution.  No rule by which more than a majority vote
shall be required for any specified  action  by  the  regents  shall  be
amended,  suspended or repealed by a smaller vote than that required for
action thereunder.  Rules or regulations, or amendments or repeals ther-
eof, adopted  or  prescribed  by  the  commissioner  [of  education]  as
provided  by law shall not be effective unless and until approved by the
regents, except where authority is conferred by  the  regents  upon  the
commissioner  [of  education]  to adopt, prescribe, amend or repeal such
rules or regulations.   PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF  A  RESOLUTION  OR  ANY
ALTERATION  OF  AMENDMENT TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE
REGENTS THAT MAY REQUIRE A CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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STATEWIDE, IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF SUCH  ADOPTION  OR  ANY  FUTURE  FISCAL
YEAR,  A  FISCAL  NOTE SHALL BE REQUIRED WHICH SHALL STATE THE AMOUNT IN
DOLLARS THAT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH  RESOL-
UTION  OR  ALTERATION  OR  AMENDMENT TO SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS. SUCH
FISCAL NOTE SHALL BE ATTACHED TO AND/OR BE PART OF ANY RESOLUTION BY THE
REGENTS AMENDING OR ALTERING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THE PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, SUCH FISCAL NOTE SHALL BE APPROVED  BY
THE  COMMISSIONER,  SECURED  FROM  THE DIVISION OF BUDGET AND SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATURE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.